Mitsubishi Eclipse 1990 Service Manual page 282

ENGINE On-vehicle
NOTE
If the vehicle is parked on a slope for long,
in the lash adjusters will
enter the high-pressure' chamber when the vehicle
i s s t a r t e d .
After the vehicle is parked for long, air may enter
the high-pressure
oil passage will be gone
the oil is supplied to the
3. If an abnormal noise does not stop by racing, check the
lash adjusters according to the following procedures.
Stop the enaine.
top dead center.
(3) Push the rocker arm indicated by the white arrow
mark as shown in the illustration at left and check
whether or not the arm lock goes down.
(4) Turn slowly the crankshaft
(5) Check the rocker arm indicated by the black arrow
mark as shown in the illustration at left same as above
(3).
(6) If the rocker arm can be lowered easily when the
part of the rocker arm which is directly above the
top of the lash adjuster is pressed, the lash adjuster
is defective and should be replaced with a new part.
Furthermore, when replacing the lash adjuster, bleed
all of the air from the lash adjuster and then install.
After this, check that there is no problem by checking
in steps
NOTE
Furthermore, if the
and cannot be lowered when it is
adjuster is normal, so
of the abnormality.
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of the engine to the compression
to (5).
A leak-down test can be carried out to accurately
determine whether the lash adjuster is defective
or not.
For the procedures for the leak-down test and
air bleeding of the lash adjuster, refer to
arm feels extremely stiff
oil
and 'air may
because, the oil in the
it take a time before
clockwise.
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the lash
some other cause